No Apologies

This poem may seem to overlap topic-wise with my other poems, but I beg to differ; this deals with someone having said something really mean to their best friend, but is too proud and/or embarrassed to apologize. So, here I am again, ever faithful, to demand renewed respect and open-mindedness, if not an apology.

I Will not wait Refuse to sit here And linger In this despicable place For an apology I know There will be none To come My way, not anytime soon The words That you procured From the depths of your heart That lashed at me Freshly sharpened Daggers Stunning pain You whipped me, for a while With those words A minute or two And walked Away Thought that later All would be forgiven Your icy shoulders would pass by me Day upon day Still you would not Apologize Assumed I knew You were kidding But those assumptions Are not holy Not like you think Not like the church you call home Where all is forgiven Your face, you know Is an open book Broad nose Wide, clear eyes Flawlessly dark skin A puckered mouth, like a little pink bow Smushed up underneath your nose When I saw it I would not have known How gapingly wide it could open And when it closed Your wide, open face Contorted Into something I severely hope To never witness again Something that told me exactly what you thought You felt You knew You didn’t know So now I realize your pain Your need for forgiveness But I am not God I cannot forgive you You cannot undo what you have done So say something Anything at all So that I Can be your friend Again

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i have read several of your poems and this i think is my favorite so far. i really like the ending to it. :) i just started an account so mine are all still pending, but can you check out some of mine as soon as they get approved? :) thanks

this is really sincere, i mess up a lot and feel this way, i have to really really miss someone to unbend my pride enough to apologize. super job. by the way couuld u pleez check out some of my work like "problem child" becuz this reminds me of that.